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[Xperia Arc General] phoenix_rizzen:
App storage (aka Phone "Memory", ROM space, yadda yadda) is NOT the same as RAM (aka Memory). It would be nice if people would stop mixing them up.

App2SD and Link2SD affect phone storage, and this only matters regarding how many apps you can install on the phone. Most phones come with 512 MB - 1 GB of NAND flash (aka phone "memory" or internal storage), with a microSD slot for the mass storage (2-16 GB).

RAM governs how many apps you can run simultaneously, or how "large" of an app you can run. Most of the 2011 Xperias come with 512 MB of RAM, although 100-ish MB is reserved for the GPU.

You'd think that in 2012, readers of XDA would know the difference between "phone ROM" (aka app storage) and "phone RAM", and would stop confusing the two as "memory".

Especially in a thread like this. Yeesh!

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The software stack above the kernel makes a heck of a lot bigger performance difference than the kernel by itself. And ICS includes a heck of a lot of performance improvements in the software stack above the kernel.

It's also very easy to backport features to the kernel, without changing the kernel version. Just look at RedHat kernels. The version doesn't change for the life of the OS, but each minor release of the OS includes a lock of backported features, changes, bug fixes, etc. Who's to say this isn't the approach SE is taking?

How's about all the aimchair coders sit back, relax, drink a beer, and wait to see what SE releases? There's no point getting your panties in a twist until there's code to play with.
[Xperia Arc General] dp94:
Sorry dude, nothing you've written was wrong, but we're talking about internal memory and not random access memory (RAM).

I know that the RAM could be a little bit more too (like 1 GB), but for many people the internal memory is also to small.

And Link2SD or App2SD is for internal memory, that should be clear to everyone. ;)

Btw, look here, we were talking about internal memory:
[Xperia Arc General] Poker gypsy:
Yup I agree with you 100%
[Xperia Arc General] nobodyAtall:
And how is this news a surprise? SE updated the X10 to GB with 2.6.29 (not judging here how well this was done).

There's a common .32 kernel base that they are using for all their new xperias. This ain't changing so easily. The amount of regression testing and device specific fixes of a kernel upgrade are simply too much for them to assign resources and have the job done. On the other hand patching is much easier and faster!

Plain and simple.
[Xperia Arc General] phoenix_rizzen:
And, again, you are using the wrong term. "internal memory" is a mis-nomer. It's internal storage. Not memory.

Nope, that's for internal storage, not memory.

And, again, you are talking about internal storage, not memory.

Let me guess, you also call that 500 GB disk in your computer "memory"? Or, do you correctly differentiate between computer memory (aka RAM) and computer storage (aka SSDs, HDs, etc)? Why is it so hard for people to do the same with smartphones?

Smartphones have X MB of memory (typically 512 MB to 1 GB these days), and Y GB of internal storage (NAND flash, typically 512 MB to 1 GB), and Z GB of external storage (microSD, typically 8 GB). With some phones starting to add a second layer external storage (microSD, typically 8 GB, but going as high as 32 GB).

Internal storage is mounted as /system, /data, and so on.

External storage is mounted as /sdcard.

And some have the third layer mounted as /sdcard-ext.

None of those three are "memory".
[Xperia Arc General] dp94:
So, no comment here.

Internal memory or internal storage is the same and about 1000 people are agreeing with me.

You just don't get it. We are all talking about internal memory/storage.

And don't tell me the difference between RAM and storage.

I'm a system engineer for years now and believe me, I get it.

Between internal memory and random access memory there is a big (!) difference, but pls tell me which difference you see between memory and storage for a normal user.

Everybody I mentioned in my post get it except you.
[Xperia Arc General] phoenix_rizzen:
Just because 1000 people use the wrong terminology doesn't make it correct.

As an engineer, you should know the benefits of educating people to use the correct terms, and the frustration of trying to help people who use terms incorrectly.

That's all.
[Xperia Arc General] Poker gypsy:
What ever it's called Sony put to little in the arc!
[Xperia Arc General] robsaw:
If you want to be SO correct about terminology then you have to absolutely correct.

RAM = Random Access Memory

Flash = Flash Memory is a form of EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory)

"Storage" is a generic term for many types of computer data and program storage, which can be anything from magnetic tape to hard drives to flash memory.

Pedantically speaking, storage on SE Xperia phones is typically provided by NAND Flash Memory.

Storage and Memory are NOT mutually exclusive terms.

The previous engineer and me (an engineering technologist, specialist in telecom, over 30 years of digital system and computer systems engineering experience) are correct you are incorrect.
[Xperia Arc General] dp94:
A man, who really understands me and get it, THANKS! ;)
[Xperia Arc General] ik_jefke:
Sorry to interrupt but as you mention yourself this is all storage...
[Xperia Arc General] laual:
This is probably why we won't have a new kernel release (I mean not higher than 2.6.33).

If you wanna read more about it, you can read : http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/android-kernel-problems.html

So apparently, this has nothing to do with SE (although, agreed, they could upgrade to 2.6.33) or any other manufacturer, since they were excluded from the linux kernel tree. As stated in the article,
[Xperia Arc General] ST4YSTR0NG:
I wonder if we will be able to upgrade to ICS officially with unlocked bootloader relocked? Best hopes that will fix 0% battery problem.
[Xperia Arc General] iridaki:
0% Battery Issue is a hardware failure, it can't be truly solved with software solution. Replacement of the gauge is the only permanent solution.
[Xperia Arc General] Ambroos:
Is it really? I had the 0% battery issue after flashing something with Wotanserver, reflashed old firmware and then flashed the new one again and the issue was fixed for me (and still is).
[Xperia Arc General] mundy725:
No new kernals no dual core ( Nozami ) hmmm.. where does Sony is going ?
[Xperia Arc General] yumemiru_tenshi:
i thought xperia blog is closed few months ago

anyway, anything that brings ICS closer is a good thing
[Xperia Arc General] iridaki:
Yes it is.

This is from the 'Workaround' thread:
[Xperia Arc General] OmarBizreh:
@iridaki I did a little research about Linux kernel and was kind of lost, do you know any good resource other than Wikipedia?! I still didn't get the clear image, as far as I know kernel is responsible of controlling hardware, but from what I read online, and you guys are saying it seems it's much more than that
[Xperia Arc General] iridaki:
This site is more in-depth than Wikipedia, you might find it a bit more useful.

Also there's a free ebook here about building, configuring, and installing custom kernels on Linux machines. :)
[Xperia Arc General] OmarBizreh:
Thanks bro :)

Another thing please, as you can see I only have 16 posts, and I'm still lost in Android world, since I've been a user of Apple iDevice for 3 years, and things are different here. Which sections on the forum should I stick with in order to learn more about Android?! It's confusing since there are lots of sub forums for some devices running android.
[Xperia Arc General] iridaki:
If I had to pick some, I would recommend these:

1. [GUIDE] Android Dictionary

2. The Ultimate Arc Guide - In a Nutshell

Also the Android General section hides some gems.

Also, I like this site a lot. :)
[Xperia Arc General] OmarBizreh:
WOW!! Thanks a lot :) , I didn't read the full threads, just gone into the titles, and that's exactly what I needed :D

Thanks again for your help :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droopy8424:
I have a Galaxy Nexus that was stuck in a boot loop at the google logo. I tried using these instructions to reflash the device: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1394051

It got stuck at the beginning and stayed that way for about 30 minutes. After that i removed the battery and tried to start the device and now the attached image is on the screen no matter what i do.

Can anybody help me get this device working again?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] angelino0919:
Will adb recognize your device??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droopy8424:
No, it does not recognize the device.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] silow:
Can you boot into Fastboot mode? (Vol+, Vol-, Power)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droopy8424:
I can't. I tried fast boot and odin mode but no matter what I do that image is displayed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] silow:
If you can't get into Fastboot or Download mode with the hardware buttons you're kinda screwed. You will likely have to order a USB JIG to force your phone into Download mode. So you can try to use ODIN to fix it. You can buy these USB JIGs off ebay.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droopy8424:
I made a usb jig and tried to get to download mode but I cant. Is there any way to fix this?
[Kindle Fire General] DssTrainer:
Very strange.

I rooted my KF last week using KF Utility

Added TWRP and FireFireFire

Added OTARootKeeper

protected root and selected "Temp Unroot" so I could watch Amazon Video

Today I tried to re-root with OTA Rootkeeper but noticed it wasn't re-checking the "root" box. Root Explorer confirmed it didn't have root.

Rebooted to see if that would help.. and noticed the FireFireFire logo was no longer there and it was just the default kindle fire boot animation.

Somehow I lost it all!? But I am pretty sure I was already on 6.2.1 and I renamed "OTASilentInstall.apk" to .xxx

Does the OTASilentInstall rename trick not work?
[Kindle Fire General] DssTrainer:
Nevermind. I see that just renaming OTASilentInstall.apk is not a proven protection against updates. I must have had 6.2.0. Oh well. I'll just re-root 6.2.1
[Kindle Fire General] djkeller3:
This is something that continues to worry me. I thought OTARootkeeper was supposed to block OTA updates from Amazon. Is that not the case? I don't care about the Amazon videos. If it's not on Netflix, I probably wouldn't watch it anyway. :)
[Kindle Fire General] Blkegk:
I froze otasilentinstall.Apk with titanium backup . I think I'm pretty safe from any updates.
[Kindle Fire General] borborpa:
Nope, people did that and still got the update.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] VINIMCI:
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Download: On Market, for free!

Is a COOL FREE GAME with online opition

This game work fine only if you have Chainfire3D installed in your gadget.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Rasa11:
so you have to be rooted just to install/play it ?

says it's compatible with my device.

but im not yet rooted.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] ChicoKiri:
I'm fairly certain a recent update fixes performance issues on Dungeon Defenders, so it should work fine on the player. Chainfire3D is only needed on this app if you need to lower texture resolution for increased performance.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Rasa11:
ahh cool. Good to know, thanks mate. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] VivianC:
Hi all,

I've done a number of searches and tried some of the available solutions for other products (Nook, Galaxy) but can't seem to get this to work on my Galaxy Nexus.

I am trying to connect to our wifi network at the office which uses PEAP authentication. I can set it up fine from a laptop but can't get it to work on the phone. Anyone have it working?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GenghisKhan67:
I know this is an older thread, but I am having the same problem at work on my Galaxy Nexus. I tried a few apps that used to work on my other phones (most notably, Marcus95's well-known Wifi Advanced Config Editor), no dice. The app's author mentions he is aware of the issue and will fix it... once he gets enough donations to buy a phone to test his code on. Not a good sign.

Any ideas on manually configuring this? Any ideas are welcome.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] contagous:
My work uses peap and leap for their wifi's

I use a free app called LeapWifi

Its great and works like a charm :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GenghisKhan67:
I'll try it, thanks. If anyone has info on what these apps actually modify on the phone, I would be interested in investigating this further with a programmer buddy of mine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GenghisKhan67:
Finally, no go. This is really annoying, why hasn't Google figured out how to integrate enterprise networking in its wifi management? Why does this work for some phones but not others? Frustrating to say the least.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GenghisKhan67:
Ok, I've been digging into this and it seems that the problem has to do with how the wpa_supplicant conf file (normally found under /data/misc/wifi) is written to by apps that support enterprise wifi configuration. As market apps don't seem to help at this point, I tried to manually add a wifi profile to connect to my work network, then checked out the logcat to see what was going on. I found multiple instances of what looks like the following, each line including different frequencies:

Line 327: I/wpa_supplicant(11577): wlan0: Trying to associate with 8c:b6:4f:a7:f1:11 (SSID='MYWORKWIFINETWORK' freq=2412 MHz)

Looks like a connection can't be made and the wifi interface is stuck. So, I checked out the wpa_supplicant file and the part that is specific to my work wifi setup looks like this:

ctrl_interface=wlan0

driver_param=use_p2p_group_interface=1

update_config=1

device_type=0-00000000-0

network={

ssid="MYWORKWIFINETWORK"

scan_ssid=1

key_mgmt=IEEE8021X

auth_alg=OPEN SHARED

eap=TTLS

identity="MYUSERNAME"

password="MYPASSWORD"

phase2="auth=PAP"

wep_key0="hjxfjxg"

priority=4

}

The problem is that when I try to edit key_mgmt to insert WEP and delete the wep_key0 value (as my work network generates keys automatically), there is no connection. This wasn't a problem when using the same method under a Google Nexus One nor an LG G2X phones, using Froyo, Gingerbread or even ICS, only on the GNex.

Is it a conf file syntax problem, or something entirely else at play here? Any insights would be welcome.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GenghisKhan67:
Ok, apparently, I'm the only one having this problem. :cool:

I am working with a tech support person at my workplace to see what is going on, I'll try to report back when I get some insights on how to fix this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ejness:
Please respond if you've figured this out. My work's authentication settings are very similar to yours. I'm running CM9 and am having the same problem. Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] Dhiraj:
Please see the problem in the details

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1429774

I put it in different sub forum by mistake.

HTC Sense 3.5, Android 2.3.5
[Desire HD Android Development] Deleted member 4123551:
​

SenseMOD Lite is HTC Sense, but stripped down!

Removing all the heavy graphics and unneccesairy crap, makes the ROM a lot lighter!

This version goes on on V1. Which was based on Sense 2.1

Based on Virtuous Affinity. Great thanks to the devs of Virtuous!

Android 2.3.5

Sense 3.5 [light]

Multidevice. Thanks to the RCMix Team!

Original size: 364,4 MB

V2, Build 7 size: 254,5 MB. Over 100 MB less!

V2.1, Build 2 size: 237,6 MB.

Unthemed, except for font.

Virtuous O/C

Quadrant Standard: (Desire S @ 1GHz): +2000!

With nothing running, 200MB free RAM! (Desire S @ 768MB RAM)

1st boot / setup wizard without SIM Card? Trollollollollollol

Click me!

Click me!

*For this guide i'm using 4EXT recovery Touch*

1. Reboot in recovery

2. Go to wipe / format menu

3. Click format all partitions (except SDCARD)

4. Install SenseMOD Lite from SD

5. Reboot in SenseMOD Lite!

6. Turn AutoMount on.

Check the last lines of the updater-script for the thank-you list.
[Desire HD Android Development] grzesiek1945:
Could you add Only sense dock? With that this Mod Could be nicer and light to ;)
[Desire HD Android Development] buzzboy:
Sense without the crap.

Now that's a rom worth looking at.

Well done, will give this a flash tomorrow.

Regards and thanks
[Desire HD Android Development] uros0104:
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate your work, but you basically stripped off everything that made Sense what it is and made an AOSP ROM from it, that's actually heavier than the actual AOSP because of the now obsolete framework... I don't get the purpose of this ROM, because there's no AOSP speed, nor Sense eye-candy, but you kinda get the worst of the both worlds...

I would love to be proven wrong, and convinced to use it :-)
[Desire HD Android Development] Deleted member 4123551:
Well... No. Its built into Rosie.

But tomorrow im making a little flashable zip which contains the sense 3.5 launcher with ultrasmoothrosie applied.

So you can choose which launcher you want.
[Desire HD Android Development] Deleted member 4123551:
Well, its not AOSP. It still contains most of the Sense features and apps.

I only want to strip the unneccesairy stuff What you will never use, like the big weather apps with all of their vids. or stuff you can download from the market.

It only has the stock launcher for an AOSP look.

But don't forget Sense is way more then only eyecandy. ;-)

Tomorrow, i'm adding the sense 3.5 launcher with ultrasmoothrosie applied as a flashable zip. So you can still choose for the sense 3.5 eyecandy.
[Desire HD Android Development] Deleted member 4123551:
Rosie launcher extension is in downloads section!
[Desire HD Android Development] gheddo61:
Is beats included?
[Desire HD Android Development] Deleted member 4123551:
No, It had skipping bugs. The ICS music player is included.

But you can download it as an extension in the downloads section.
[Desire HD Android Development] moorb:
Hi, is it possible to get a version without

all social network bull****?

e.g.: Facebook, Twitter, G-Apps and all the

other crap.

thx for ya work.
[Desire HD Android Development] Deleted member 4123551:
Peep, friendstream, Facebook for HTC Sense and the twitter app aren't included.

Also some google apps are removed, and even more in v2.1

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[Desire HD Android Development] indanl:
Where is the link for 2. 1 and changelog?
[Desire HD Android Development] Deleted member 4123551:
V2.1 comes tomorrow with the updated changelog.

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[Desire HD Android Development] indanl:
Ok thanks m8 wait 1 more day then. One more question is it with stock browser with webkit accelerator?
[Desire HD Android Development] Deleted member 4123551:
Its the stock sense 3.5 browser.

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[Desire HD Android Development] indanl:
That's great I need nothing else from a Rom . clean and best browser ;-)
[Desire HD Android Development] Juicy47:
What do quadrant scores look like at 1ghz, is screen rotation animation intact?
[Desire HD Android Development] Deleted member 4123551:
V2.1 is up!
[Desire HD Android Development] indanl:
Thanks m8
[Desire HD Android Development] Deleted member 4123551:
on my Desire S, it's between 1650 and 1900 at 1ghz. I even got 1992 yesterday :p (after a fresh boot)

Now I get even more then 2000 :)
[Desire HD Android Development] :
Updated thread look!
[Desire HD Android Development] uwdus:
Looks nice :) But clicking on "Virtuous Tweaks" results in FC of com.android.settings
[Desire HD Android Development] uwdus:
After 2 hours with this ROM I can say it's really really smooth und battery drain is really moderat - looks really good so far :)

Questions:

- Can I use SetCPU with the ROM? Or are there normally options under "Virtuous Tweaks"?

I'm using ADW launcher on your ROM and I was wondering how can this

show up as widget under ADW (or any other launcher except Rosie)?
[Desire HD Android Development] uwdus:
I made a PDroid-Patch for SenseMOD Lite V2.1

Download http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2629541/PDroid-v1.27-SenseMOD_Lite_V2.1_Build2.zip (MD5 hash: cb5a61008b6d6f43453a655b8de8fc89)

Restore http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2629541/PDroid-RESTORE-SenseMOD_Lite_V2.1_Build2.zip
[Desire HD Android Development] :
Thanks for the PDroid package, ill add it tomorrow to the download section.

Sorry for the HTCListen widget, it will only work with Rosie.

Yes you can use setcpu but that will disable the virtuous oc. The only way to re-enable it is full wipe and reflash.

I removed the virtuous tweaks from the ROM, since it only had tweaks for Rosie. And standard, Rosie is removed from this ROM. soon ill add the tweaks apk to the Rosie extension.

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[Desire HD Android Development] uwdus:
You're welcome :)

Where do I find the virtuous OC?

Okay. Thought that the tweaks are also for Quicksettings or the notification bar (like battery procentage)

Don't understand why all of your download links are broken?
[Desire HD Android Development] :
well, i used adf ly :') download links are back up:p
[Desire HD Android Development] Matija Gubec:
Thanks for this great Rom! I use it last 2 Week without any problem ...
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ben_duder:
Hi guys

Before I explain I'd like to say that yes, I have read other threads on similar topics, although none seem to have the same symptoms as me...

This week I bought a software-bricked Defy on eBay with the hopes of fixing it and giving it to a friend. I first tried flashing an old Eclair SBF to no avail (only switched on to bootloader) and thought that it could be failing due to it being on a newer firmware. So then I tried Froyo, and when that didn't work either (bootloops like when I received the phone) I thought my last resort was a CG 5 SBF, so I went for the JORDN_U3_97.21.51 build. This seems to get further into the booting process, with the MotoBLUR animation appearing but I get a BP Panic - 0x00080010 above the animation before the phone switches off. Thinking I had nothing to lose I tried a Gingerbread ROM, but that just bootlooped too so I went back to 97.21.51. I realise I've probably painted myself into a corner by flashing these :(

I'm all out of ideas with how to get the phone any further and have searched for the BP panic to no avail. I can get into stock recovery and bootloader, although the recovery seems to have issues with accessing the cache sometimes.

Thanks for reading :)
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reindje:
The same panic have y for the last 2 weeks, after flashing hangs in bootloader (red logo and no animation), after other flash hangs on a animated red logo and thats where you must give it time 3 or 4 min. wating, when its dont works you can try to pul out battery and do it in again while you hold the start and vol. down button, then in recovery menu wipe Dalvik cache and wipe cahe. Maby it works then, when not you can try like me to go again tho recovery and there restore stockrom, thats the way ym getting my defy work again. There are many ways to get it back to work again and it cost me 2 weeks after flashing maby 15 diverend roms to get it works and even than when it works, 2 days work whit rooting it and get 3G alive. So when you think its dead, maby RSDlite can bring it back to live, just like here.

Now my Defy MB525 working like a Defy 526 on Gingerbread.

So don't give up, when you can see whit RSDlite the phoon, it must be possible to get it work, only problem here was on a moment when the battery was empty, but here on XDA you can find the megayver method (charging on a ohter cell like a duo) or what y have don, get my old nokia loader (5V) and whit 2 wires hangs on the battery power it up to 4.1 V, succes.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ben_duder:
Thanks, although I was just getting repeated boot loops rather than it hanging on the logo... And that wasn't animated either. How did you manage to restore the stock ROM through the recovery? Did you have a flashable zip? Please bear in mind that I did not get a custom recovery installed :(

I'll look out for the low battery problem. Thanks for your advice :)